To begin with, I find the idea behind my project very exciting. That being said, prototyping is a messy affair. I found it challenging to focus my interests. I knew from the start that I wanted to support students’ critical thinking. As a teacher, I simply believe this to be one of the most essential skills for students to acquire in order to become truly prepared for their futures. Thus, I decided to explore methods of supporting critical thinking. Once my ED 702 course introduced me to digital video creation, I knew what I wanted to do. I wanted to find a way for students to take advantage of video recording to document their own thought process and reflections. First, I would need to convince other teachers that this was worth doing. This helped me realize the importance of including an evidence component. This would consist of articles and blogs that I researched as well as my own personal action research which I conducted last semester. Once I reflected on this concept further, I determined there was a potential for genuine collaboration. If my plan is for students to record their explanations and ideas, what better next step then to have students publish and exchange their recordings. This would allow students to give and receive feedback from a larger audience of other students and professionals. After all of this consideration, I concluded on my Driving Question: Driving Question: How might we leverage technology to develop students’ collaborative and critical thinking skills? When I considered my own question, what stood out to me were three key elements:
I used a digital mind mapping resource called Bubbl.us in order to create a visual representation of my concept. The resource was certainly beneficial as it allowed me to rearrange my components and see the different ways they connect. While I feel I have made some strong head way in designing my capstone project, I know I still hhave fine tuning to do. I am excited though, to see how my work will turn out as my goal is to help not only my students, but other teachers and their students as well.
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